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- GLOSSARY
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- Bottom-of-File line
- A line marker, identifying the end of the file.
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- command line
- The area of the display, usually identified by an arrow
- prompt, "====>", where THE commands are entered.
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- current line
- The line in the filearea, normally highlighted, from which
- commands entered on the command line take effect.
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- filearea
- That part of the screen display where the contents of the
- file being edited are displayed.
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- focus line
- The line in the filearea which currently has the focus. If
- the cursor is in the filearea or prefix area, it is the line
- on which the cursor is displayed. If the cursor is on the
- command line, the focus line is the current line. All THE
- commands operate relative to the focus line.
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- idline
- That part of the screen display which shows details about
- the file being edited.
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- macro
- A file containing a sequence of THE commands. Macros can
- be written in REXX if a supported REXX interpreter is
- available.
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- prefix area
- That part of the screen display where prefix commands can
- be entered. It also displays the line number of each line
- in the file is SET NUMBER is ON.
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- profile
- A macro file that is executed at the start of an editing
- session.
- REXX
- A powerful, easy-to-learn macro language available on most
- machines that THE uses as its macro language.
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- ring
- The set of files currently being edited are arranged in a
- ring formation.
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- scaleline
- A line in the filearea showing column positions.
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- shadow line
- A line which signifies how many lines have been excluded
- from display. See SET SHADOW, SET SELECT.
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- statusline
- That part of the screen display showing details about the
- entire THE session.
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- tabline
- A line in the filearea which displays the currently set
- TAB stops.
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- target
- A method of referring to some part of the file being edited.
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- Top-of-File line
- A line marker, identifying the beginning of the file.
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